Currently - a Russian-language channel with an editorial office in Prague , a joint media project of Radio Liberty and Voices of America [1] . The channel is funded through grants from the US Congress through the US Agency for Global Media [2] . Representatives of the US government, including the head of the Governing Council on Broadcasting, are prohibited from interfering in the work of the channel’s journalists. The media sees its task in “promoting democratic values and institutions” [2] . The official round-the-clock broadcasting began on February 7, 2017. Available on cable, satellite and digital platforms [3] .
| Present | |
|---|---|
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| A country |  Czech |
| Broadcast area |  Russia  Ukraine  Estonia  Georgia  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldova  Poland  Turkey |
| Broadcast time | round the clock |
| Broadcast Language | Russian |
| Headquarters |  Prague |
| Theme of the channel | informational and news |
| Broadcast Start Date | February 7, 2017 |
| Executives | Kenan Aliyev - Executive Producer, Daisy Sindelar - Director |
| Site | CurrentTime.tv |
History
On October 14, 2014, as the Ukrainian political crisis worsened , Radio Liberty and Voice of America launched the thirty-minute daily Present Time program [4] . In October 2016, the project expanded and began to work as a television channel [4] . Executive producer Kenan Aliyev said in an interview with Reuters : “We believe that our objective and balanced channel will serve as an alternative to the misinformation and lies that we sometimes see in Russian state-owned publications” [3] . According to Glenn Cates, editor-in-chief of the present-day digital broadcasting department, Glenn Cates, the TV channel’s team was inspired by the growing popularity of short Facebook videos offered by media such as BuzzFeed and Al Jazeera [5] . According to the director of the media project Daisy Sindelar, the potential reach of the channel is 3.5 million households in different countries [6] .
On November 13, 2017, Russia Today was registered in the United States as a foreign agent [7] . Already on November 15, the Russian Ministry of Justice threatened to limit the activities of the “Present” channel due to the fact that it contained “signs of the performance of the functions of a foreign agent” [7] . On December 5, 2017, the Ministry of Justice recognized the “Present” TV channel as the media “acting as a foreign agent ” [8] . At the moment (2018), State Duma deputies are proposing to close the “Present” TV channel, which ignores the Russian norm on air labeling for channels that have received the status of a foreign agent. [9]
Notes
- ↑ Present Time (Russian) , Present Time . Date of appeal June 16, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 About us . Currenttime.tv. Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Radio Free Europe launches new Russian-language TV channel . Reuters (February 7, 2017). Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Presentation TV channel presented in Kiev . Crimea. Realities (February 27, 2017). Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ The new Russian-language television channel intends to oppose Kremlin propaganda . inosmi.ru (February 10, 2017). Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ Return of Sovietology . New newspaper (November 2, 2016). Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 The Justice Ministry saw signs of a foreign agent At the Present TV channel . RBC (November 15, 2017). Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ Register of foreign media performing the functions of a foreign agent . minjust.ru (December 5, 2017). Date of appeal May 16, 2018.
- ↑ Deputies proposed to close the "Present" for disobeying the laws of the Russian Federation . Gomel-Sat.bz - Forum about satellite television. Date of treatment August 5, 2018.